Henry Ford Health-Henry Ford Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Henry Ford Hospital's Plastic Surgery Residency is a relatively young (five-year-old), independent, single-resident-per-year, 3-year academic program embedded in a large tertiary/quaternary Level 1 trauma center with a heavy urban caseload (~24,000 clinic visits, ~2,100 operative cases annually) supplemented by suburban ambulatory experience at West Bloomfield and pediatric/craniofacial rotations at Children's Hospital of Michigan. Research is deeply institutionalized rather than peripheral: the parent hospital houses 1,700+ ongoing research projects, over $50 million in extramural funding, 80+ full-time scientists, and a $150 million endowment, with named faculty (wound care, bariatric-associated body contouring/breast reconstruction outcomes) offering direct resident mentorship and financial support for resident-initiated studies. The stable, long-tenured 8-person faculty group (each over 10 years at the institution) combined with dedicated simulation, cadaver, and micro labs signals a program valuing methodical, graded operative autonomy over rapid-fire volume, preparing residents for independent, comprehensive plastic surgery practice rather than a narrow subspecialty pipeline.